The Night Angel Trilogy

Omnibus are always a bit of a mammoth undertaking to read, and this one is not an exception. Fortunately it is helped by Brent Weeks' easy prose which allows the novel to flow in a nice way. This trilogy tells the story of the Night Angel, an assassin who has gained a supernatural power that makes him almost invincible (even when he dies he is brought back to life, although with a certain cost associated with it). The story follows his apprenticeship and then how he influences the course of major events taking place.

There is a lot of mythology built within these stories. Brent Weeks has produced an impressive amount of world building. Whilst there is nothing spectacularly new about any of the creatures and mythologies developed, the work he has done is effective and gives his world an impressively real feel.

This is an impressive debut, and it makes me excited to try his second series.